important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
leopard (Panthera pardus)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
to know (a person); to think
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
meaning; significance; sense
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
the same; the said; likewise
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
that's true; of course; obviously
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to explain; to dispel doubts
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
box; box-shape; cube-type
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard